Too Many Killings, Too Many Crime Scenes- January 31, 2007 After reporting on so many homicides in the Washington area, you begin to feel haunted by the crime scenes. Headed for a new restaurant on a revitalized U Street not long ago, I found myself near the spot where I'd seen a teenager sprawled out with a gunshot wound to the head. And I wondered if the stain I'd stepped on was blood that a cleanup crew had missed. By the time I got to the restaurant, I wasn't hungry anymore.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/30/AR2007013001802.html?nav=r... Force Is Not the Only Way to Administer a Vaccine- January 24, 2007 Let's get something straight: I am not against a vaccine that prevents strains of the human papillomavirus, as some readers have contended. Nor am I for cervical cancer, which is caused by the sexually transmitted HPV. However, as my previous column on this subject indicated, I am opposed to the government mandating the vaccine. I say leave the role of strong-arm drug pusher to the thugs on the street.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012301502.html?nav=r... Dad's Foot Work Gave Fenty a Leg Up- January 12, 2007 At the store where I buy running shoes, owner Phil Fenty ran a finger along the sides of my feet. Without taking measurements or asking what kind of shoe I wanted, he went into the storeroom and came back with three boxes of sneakers. Every pair fit -- and looked good, too. How did he knowhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/11/AR2007011101770.html?nav=r... District's HPV Proposal Tinged With Ugly Assumptions- January 10, 2007 Let's say you have an 11-year-old daughter in D.C. public schools. She'll be a sixth-grader next year. You are reminded that she must be immunized before she will be allowed to return to school. She'll need the usual vaccinations against measles, rubella and chickenpox. But this time, there's another disease on the list, one that the D.C. government is strongly urging your daughter be immunized against: the human papillomavirus, or HPV, which is sexually transmitted. After all, your daughter is.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/AR2007010901780.html?nav=r... |